Telescope Compatibility

This page lists telescope control drivers and their compatibility with various models.

Make

Model

Operating System

Server (see note 1)

Status

Notes

Meade

Autostar

Linux

TelescopeServerLx200

Untested

Meade

Autostar

Windows

TelescopeServerLx200.exe

Supported

see note 2, please send a logfile!

Meade

Autostar

MacOS X

TelescopeServerLx200

Untested

currently source code only

Meade

LX200

Linux

TelescopeServerLx200

Supported

Original reference implementation, used by the developer

Meade

LX200

Windows

TelescopeServerLx200.exe

Supported

Original reference implementation, seems to work well with different kinds of Windows

Meade

LX200

MacOS X

TelescopeServerLx200

Untested

currently source code only

Losmandy

G11

Linux/Windows

TelescopeServerLx200(.exe)

Supported

successfully used by some guy in the forum

Notes

The telescope server program (short: Server) is a stand alone program that can operate exactly one telescope, and can simultanousely serve one or many clients (like stellarium). The terms server and client refer to the respective role in TCP/IP communication. The name of the binary should uniquely identify the telescope communication protocol it is using for communicating with the telescope. Naming convention for programmers: The name of the driver refers to the class in the driver source code. This is usually similar to the name of the resulting binary (program), but to be certain, look inside the .hpp file which is used to make the binary. It might be a good idea to adopt the convention of making the resulting binary have the same name as the driver class.

Autostar ETX70 with 494 controller and 506 cable. The original telescopeserverLX200.exe was too fast for the slow link connection to the 494 controller. The problem has been repaired with the latest version of telescopeserverLX200.exe. To get a smoother move of the cross hair edit the time delay in the config.ini file from 500000 to 1500000.